Memorial Cup – Tale of the Tape

Hamilton Bulldogs OHL Champion

Head Coach John Gruden

General Manager Steve Staios

Eastern Conference Champions 43-18-4-3-93 points

-Beat Ottawa 4-1.

-Beat Niagara 4-1.

-Beat Kingston 4-1.

-Beat Sault Ste Marie 4-2.

-First OHL title in third year in Hamilton after moving from Belleville.

Number Player Pos Birth Year Points-per-game (regular season) Playoff Points NHL
27 Robert Thomas# C 1999 1.53 32 St. Louis (1st round)
40 Ryan Moore^ C 1997 0.95 26
17 Brandon Saigeon C 1998 1.08 25
10 Nicholas Caamano^ LW 1998 0.89 22 Dallas (5th round)
18 Matthew Strome LW 1999 1.05 18 Phila. (4th round)
42 Benjamin Gleason D 1998 0.76 18
44 MacKenzie Entwhistle RW 1999 0.78 17 Arizona (3rd round)
28 Marian Studenic RW 1998 0.77 15 NJ (5th round)
61 Riley Stillman* D 1998 0.55 14 Florida (4th round)
11 Isaac Nurse RW 1999 0.44 11
14 Will Bitten RW 1998 1.03 11 Montreal (3rd round)
34 Arthur Kaliyev RW 2001 0.71 11 Eligible 2019
5 Justin Lemcke D 1997 0.44 7
52 Nicolas Mattinen& D 1998 0.47 7 Toronto (6th round)
24 Connor Walters D 1997 0.23 6
22 Jack Hanley D 1998 0.22 3
33 Kaden Fulcher G 1998 2.86 GAA/.899 Sv% 2.70 GAA/0.905 Sv% Detroit (FA)

 

Trades:

#=Acquired from London for Connor McMichael, 2nd round 2021, 2nd round 2020, 3rd round 2022, 2nd round 2025 and 2nd round 2026.

^=Acquired from Flint for Connor Roberts, 2nd round pick 2019, 3rd round pick in 2019 and 3rd round pick in 2020.

*=Acquired from Oshawa for 3rd round pick in 2018, 2nd round 2020, 2nd round 2022, 4th round 2023 and 3rd round pick in 2024.

&=Acquired from Flint for Riley McCourt and 5th round (2023), 2nd round (2024) and 2nd round (2023).

Acadie-Bathurst Titan QMJHL Champion

Head Coach Mario Pouliot

General Manager Sylvain Couturier

43-15-8-2-96 points

-Beat Chicoutimi 4-2

-Beat Sherbrooke 4-0

-Beat Victoriaville 4-0

-Beat Blainville-Boisbriand 4-2

First QMJHL title since 1999, the same season they moved to Bathurst from Laval. They went 0-3 in the 1999 Memorial Cup.

-Lost to Saint John in the QMJHL Final in 2017.

Number Player Pos Birth Year Points-per-game Playoff Points NHL
25 Jeffrey Truchon-Viel LW 1997 1.07 23  FA San Jose
26 Olivier Galipeau# D 1997 1.10 20
88 Antoine Morand C 1999 1.15 19 Anaheim (2nd round)
27 Ethan Crossman LW 1999 0.67 16
11 Mitchell Balmas& C 1998 1.06 13
13 Adam Holwell D 1997 0.75 13
53 Noah Dobson D 2000 1.03 13 Eligible 2018
28 Samuel Asselin@ C 1998 0.88 11
71 Justin Ducharme D 2000 0.43 11 Eligible 2018
98 German Rubtsov* C 1998 0.88 10 Phila. (1st round)
61 Liam Murphy C 1998 0.58 10
16 Jordan Maher C 1998 0.97 10
9 Samuel L’italien C 1998 0.65 9
14 Keenan MacIsaac D 1999 0.44 6
45 Elijah Francis D 1998 0.15 4
29 Michal Ivan D 1999 0.33 3
42 Marc-Andre LeCouffe C 1999 0.20 1
31 Evan Fitzpatrick^ G 1998 2.67 GAA/0.904 Sv% 2.10 GAA/0.925 Sv% St. Louis (2nd round)

@=Acquired from Shawinigan for Oliver Desroches, 5th round pick in 2019 and 3rd round pick in 2020.

#=Acquired from Chicoutimi for 4th round pick in 2018, 2nd round pick in 2019, 3rd round pick in 2019, 3rd round pick in 2020 and 5th round pick in 2020.

^=Acquired from Sherbrooke for Reilly Pickard.

&=Acquired with a 3rd round pick in 2018 from Gatineau for Dawson Theede, 1st round pick in 2018 and 1st round pick in 2020.

*=Acquired from Chicoutimi with a 2nd round pick in 2020 for Christopher Farmer, Vladimir Kuznetsov, and 1st, 2nd and 3rd round picks in 2020.

Swift Current Broncos WHL Champions

Head Coach Manny Viveiros

48-17-5-2-103 points

-Beat Regina 4-3

-Beat Moose Jaw 4-3

-Beat Lethbridge 4-2

-Beat Everett 4-2

First WHL title since 1993. Won the Memorial Cup in 1989.

Number Player Pos Birth Year Points-per-game Playoff Points NHL
15 Glenn Gawdin C 1997 1.87 32 Drafted by St. Louis but unsigned (4th round) Calgary FA
20 Aleksi Heponiemi RW 1999 2.07 30 Florida (2nd round)
17 Tyler Steenbergen LW 1998 1.82 27 Arizona (5th round)
29 Giorgio Estephan@ C 1997 1.25 23 Drafted but unsigned by Buffalo (6th round)FA
2 Colby Sissons D 1997 0.99 23 FA NJ
34 Matteo Gennaro# C 1997 1.18 18 Drafted but unsigned by Winnipeg (7th round)FA
19 Beck Malenstyn# LW 1998 0.76 11 Washington (5th round)
10 Kaden Elder C 1998 0.48 9
5 Artyom Minulin D 1998 0.67 8
23 Max Patterson^ RW 1999 0.33 7
6 Sahvan Khaira D 1998 0.40 7
26 Andrew Fyten* RW 1998 0.33 6
25 Tanner Nagel@ RW 1998 0.19 2
3 Josh Anderson% D 1998 0.26 2 Colorado (3rd round)
7 Noah King D 1999 0.08 1
16 Kole Gable LW 1998 0.24 1
4 Jacson Alexander D 2001 0.16 1 Eligible 2019
74 Stuart Skinner@ G 1998 3.07 GAA/0.905 Sv% 2.20 GAA/0.932 Sv% Edmonton (3rd round)

@=Acquired from Lethbridge for Logan Flodell, Logan Barlage, Owen Blocker, Matthew Stanley, 1st round 2020, 3rd round 2020 and 2nd round 2021.

#=Acquired from Calgary with a 5th round pick in 2018 for Conner Chaulk, Riley Stotts, Dominic Schmiemann, Josh Prokop, Ethan Hein and 2nd round pick in 2018.

^=Acquired from Kootenay for Bailey Brkin and a 5th round pick in 2018.

*=Acquired from Calgary for Ethan Martini and a 3rd round pick in 2020.

%=Acquired from Prince George for 1st round picks in 2018 and 2019.

Regina Pats Host

Head Coach/General Manager John Paddock
40-25-6-1-87 points

-Lost to Swift Current 4-3

Number Player Pos Birth Year Points-per-game Playoff Points NHL
23 Sam Steel C 1998 1.54 11 Anaheim (1st round)
41 Cam Hebig~ C 1997 1.36 8 Edmonton FA
19 Jake Leschyshyn C 1999 0.63 5 Vegas (2nd round)
5 Josh Mahura D 1998 1.15 5 Anaheim (3rd round)
21 Nick Henry RW 1999 0.55 4 Colorado (4th round)
20 Emil Oksanen RW 1998 0.83 4
32 Robbie Holmes LW 1999 0.43 4
4 Cale Fleury# D 1998 0.75 4 Montreal (3rd round)
28 Brady Pouteau$ D 1998 0.22 4
77 Matt Bradley@ C 1997 1.10 3
3 Libor Hajek! D 1998 0.67 1 Tampa Bay (2nd round)
13 Jared Legien% LW 1998 0.82 1
2 Aaron Hyman` D 1998 0.24 1
26 Bryce Platt LW 1998 0.10 1
55 Liam Schioler D 1998 0.14 1
61 Jesse Gabrielle^ LW 1997 0.70 0-played in only 2 games Boston (5th round)
10 Austin Pratt& RW 1999 0.33 0-played in only 2 games
30 Ryan Kubic~ G 1998 3.62 GAA/0.889 Sv% 3.08 GAA/0.891 Sv%
33 Max Paddock G 2000 2.90 GAA/0.904 Sv% Injured Eligible 2018

@=Acquired from Medicine Hat with 2nd round pick in 2018, 3rd round pick in 2018 and 5th round pick in 2019 for Jordan Hollett.

#=Acquired from Kootenay for Jonathan Smart, Cole Muir, 2nd round pick in 2018, 6th round pick in 2018 and either a 2019 or 2020 conditional pick.

%=Acquired from Victoria for Braydon Buziak and a 7th round conditional pick.

^=Acquired from Prince George with Jonas Harkins for Kjell Kjemhus, Ethan McColm and 3rd round and 5th round picks in 2018.

&=Acquired from Red Deer for a 3rd round pick in 2019.

!=Acquired from Saskatoon for Dawson Davidson, Tristen Robins and a 1st round pick in 2019.

~=Acquired from Saskatoon for Tyler Brown, Bryan Lockner, 1st and 2nd round picks in 2020, 3rd round pick in 2019 and 3rd round pick in 2021.

`=Acquired from Seattle for Owen Williams and a 2nd round pick in 2019.

$=Acquired from Lethbridge for a 7th round pick in 2018.